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Ana Waleska Soto aims to stand out at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in hunting weapons shooting
The shooter has had an outstanding participation in different competitions of the Olympic cycle, until recently qualifying in the Dominican Republic, after winning the gold medal in the Americas Championship. They will be her second joust, after competing in Tokyo 2020.
Ana Waleska Soto will intensify her preparation, as she aims to make an outstanding and historic participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (PrensaLibre Photo: Erick Avila)
Since 4 years old, Ana Waleska Soto has been involved in sports. Thanks to the support of her parents, her hyperactivity and always being competitive, He managed to excel in sports such as baseball and softball, before becoming passionate about shooting.
Thanks to Carlos Silva, member of the International Shooting Federation, Soto fell in love with a Beretta and began to excel in the Olympic pit modality —also known as Tra—.
After many years in this discipline, Ana Waleska has become a reference in that sport, which requires a lot of concentration and determination, where he has achieved important achievements, such as his second qualification for the Olympic Gamesafter having won the medal of gold in the Americas Championship in the Dominican Republic.
“It is enormously satisfying. It’s what I’ve been working for. This has been an important cycle for my career. Achieving gold and an Olympic ticket is a dream come true,” said the shooter.
I WAS CONFIDENT TO ACHIEVE IT
Soto, who won the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, could not achieve Olympic qualification, because the organization only gave one place per nation and that had been left in the hands of her teammate Adriana Ruano, who won the gold. .
But that did not make him give up and he knew that destiny would give him a new opportunity, and he knew how to take advantage of it; For this reason, she became the ninth Guatemalan to be present at Paris 2024.
“I went with the mentality of winning that competition. It was my most cherished dream to be in Paris and, definitely, I enjoyed the competition, I gave my best to achieve the Olympic quota. It is a great satisfaction to be able to be in my second games,” she commented.
NOT EVERYTHING WAS JOY
Although Soto celebrated his victory and Olympic classification with joy and excitement, when he got on the podium he had mixed feelings, since he could not see the Guatemalan flag or hear the national anthem, because he competed with the team of independent athletes. , due to the suspension that weighs on the Guatemalan Olympic Committee.
“It was quite frustrating, sad, because of the situation that is being experienced. We, as athletes, why do we have to pay the price for other people. We give ourselves body and soul for our country, and not having that right to represent it is something shameful,” he said.
Waleska, along with the rest of the qualified shooting team, (Jean Pierre Brol, Adriana Ruano and Sebastian Bermudez), They will have a full agenda and will begin their preparation in the coming weeks to reach the fairs at a good level.
“There are four months left until the Olympic Games and now we have to work harder. We will have training bases and we will take advantage of international competitions to be able to reach the games at a good level,” he said.
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